Showing posts with label foreign aid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foreign aid. Show all posts

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Why Many Americans Were Not Surprised by 9/11


C-SPAN's Washington Journal, July 3, 2000

Caller: "How will we protect our borders against terrorist attacks if we decrease the armed forces?"

Harry Browne: "The problem today is...we have a giant national offense....  We have been bombing countries around the world.... Terrorists don't like our foreign policy.  They don't like the idea that we are running their countries."

Take a listen to the full 90-second clip below...





Thursday, June 12, 2014

The Australian Navy buys American



Raytheon's Evolved Seasparrow Missile or ESSM


Last month the U.S. Department of Defense awarded Raytheon $30,891,282.

What did the Navy ask for in exchange for the 30 million bucks?  A bunch of missile's for the military's of...Australia and the Netherlands.

People in Tucson, Arizona will be manufacturing the missiles.  They will be ready for use by 2017.

Is the next president of the U.S. already planning a war?